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20See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335. 

placed on the annual inquiry service list 

in the years that follow.’’ 20

Accordingly, as stated above, the 

petitioner and the Governments of 

Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam 

should submit their initial entries of 

appearance after publication of this 

notice in order to appear in the first 

annual inquiry service lists for these 

orders. Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and the 

Governments of Ecuador, India, 

Indonesia, and Vietnam will not need to 

resubmit their entries of appearance 

each year to continue to be included on 

the annual inquiry service list. 

However, the petitioner and the 

Governments of Ecuador, India, 

Indonesia, and Vietnam are responsible 

for making amendments to their entries 

of appearance during the annual update 

to the annual inquiry service list in 

accordance with the procedures 

described above. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the AD order 

with respect to shrimp from Indonesia 

and the CVD orders with respect to 

shrimp from Ecuador, India, and 

Vietnam, pursuant to sections 706(a) 

and 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties 

can find a list of AD and CVD orders 

currently in effect at https://

www.trade.gov/datavisualization/ 

adcvd-proceedings. 

These orders are issued and published 

in accordance with sections 706(a) and 

736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: December 18, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Orders 

The scope of these orders includes certain 

frozen warmwater shrimp and prawns 

whether wild-caught (ocean harvested) or 

farm-raised (produced by aquaculture), headon or head-off, shell-on or peeled, tail-on or 

tail-off, deveined or not deveined, cooked or 

raw, or otherwise processed in frozen form. 

‘‘Tails’’ in this context means the tail fan, 

which includes the telson and the uropods. 

The frozen warmwater shrimp and prawn 

products included in the scope, regardless of 

definitions in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), are 

products which are processed from 

warmwater shrimp and prawns through 

freezing and which are sold in any count 

size. 

The products described above may be 

processed from any species of warmwater 

shrimp and prawns. Warmwater shrimp and 

prawns are generally classified in, but are not 

limited to, the Penaeidae family. Some 

examples of the farmed and wild-caught 

warmwater species include, but are not 

limited to, whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus 

vannemei), banana prawn (Penaeus 

merguiensis), fleshy prawn (Penaeus 

chinensis), giant river prawn 

(Macrobrachium rosenbergii), giant tiger 

prawn (Penaeus monodon), redspotted 

shrimp (Penaeus brasiliensis), southern 

brown shrimp (Penaeus subtilis), southern 

pink shrimp (Penaeus notialis), southern 

rough shrimp (Trachypenaeus curvirostris), 

southern white shrimp (Penaeus schmitti), 

blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris), western 

white shrimp (Penaeus occidentalis), and 

Indian white prawn (Penaeus indicus). 

Frozen shrimp and prawns that are packed 

with marinade, spices or sauce are included 

in the scope. In addition, food preparations, 

which are not ‘‘prepared meals,’’ that contain 

more than 20 percent by weight of shrimp or 

prawn are also included in the scope. 

Excluded from the scope are: (1) breaded 

shrimp and prawns (HTSUS subheading 

1605.21.1020); (2) shrimp and prawns 

generally classified in the Pandalidae family 

and commonly referred to as coldwater 

shrimp, in any state of processing; (3) fresh 

shrimp and prawns whether shell-on or 

peeled (HTSUS subheadings 0306.36.0020 

and 0306.36.0040); (4) shrimp and prawns in 

prepared meals (HTSUS subheadings 

1605.21.0500 and 1605.29.0500); (5) dried 

shrimp and prawns; (6) canned warmwater 

shrimp and prawns (HTSUS subheading 

1605.29.1040); and (7) certain battered 

shrimp. Battered shrimp is a shrimp-based 

product: (1) that is produced from fresh (or 

thawed-from-frozen) and peeled shrimp; (2) 

to which a ‘‘dusting’’ layer of rice or wheat 

flour of at least 95 percent purity has been 

applied; (3) with the entire surface of the 

shrimp flesh thoroughly and evenly coated 

with the flour; (4) with the non-shrimp 

content of the end product constituting 

between four and ten percent of the product’s 

total weight after being dusted, but prior to 

being frozen; and (5) that is subjected to 

individually quick frozen (IQF) freezing 

immediately after application of the dusting 

layer. When dusted in accordance with the 

definition of dusting above, the battered 

shrimp product is also coated with a wet 

viscous layer containing egg and/or milk, and 

par-fried. 

The products covered by the scope are 

currently classified under the following 

HTSUS subheadings: 0306.17.0004, 

0306.17.0005, 0306.17.0007, 0306.17.0008, 

0306.17.0010, 0306.17.0011, 0306.17.0013, 

0306.17.0014, 0306.17.0016, 0306.17.0017, 

0306.17.0019, 0306.17.0020, 0306.17.0022, 

0306.17.0023, 0306.17.0025, 0306.17.0026, 

0306.17.0028, 0306.17.0029, 0306.17.0041, 

0306.17.0042, 1605.21.1030, and 

1605.29.1010. These HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and for customs 

purposes only and are not dispositive, but 

rather the written description of the scope is 

dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30694 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Minority Business Development 

Agency 

[Docket No. 241219–0332] 

Request for Public Comment on MBDA 

Information Clearinghouse 

AGENCY: Minority Business 

Development Agency, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Minority Business 

Development Agency (MBDA) is 

accepting written comments from the 

public regarding the MBDA Information 

Clearinghouse, through February 28, 

2025. The comments will inform MBDA 

of the types of data and other 

information sought, best practices or 

recommendations for studies, analysis 

and data about Minority Business 

Enterprises (MBEs) to be published, and 

ways to improve the user experience. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit all comments 

in response to the questions presented 

in this notice at www.regulations.gov. 

To access the docket where comments 

may be submitted, please enter 

‘‘MBDA–2024–0004’’ in the search bar. 

Written comments must be submitted 

no later than 11:59 p.m. EST, February 

28, 2025. Comments received after the 

deadline will not be considered. For 

comments to be considered, they must 

include the following identification of 

the commenter: name; title (if 

applicable); organization or business (if 

applicable); and city and state. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Efrain Gonzalez, Jr., Associate Director, 

Office of Data, Research and Evaluation, 

Minority Business Development 

Agency, at (202) 482–1079; or by email 

at egonzalez@mbda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Minority Business Development 

Act of 2021, 15 U.S.C. 9513, mandates 

MBDA to develop and implement an 

Information Clearinghouse that will 

collect and disseminate demographic, 

economic, financial, managerial, and 

technical data relating to MBEs. In 

conjunction with this Request for Public 

Comment, MBDA will launch the 

Information Clearinghouse and allow 

the public an opportunity to review, and 

comment based on the initial 

deployment. The Information 

Clearinghouse is being released as a beta 

version hosting data, research, and 

reports about MBEs, with on-going 

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during the year. Public feedback will 

help MBDA identify user interests and 

priorities related to data, information, 

and system usability. 

II. Information Clearinghouse 

The purpose of this request for 

comment is to inform MBDA on user 

preferences related to the content type, 

maintenance, collection and 

dissemination to relevant parties 

(including business owners and 

researchers). 

III. Requests for Public Comment 

Members of the general public are 

invited to submit responses to the 

following: 

(1) The types of data and information 

MBDA should have available in the 

Information Clearinghouse 

(www.mbda.gov/research). 

(2) Provide examples of how the data 

and information could be used. 

(3) Provide preferences for how data 

and information is made available, 

including but not limited to preferences 

on file formats, 3rd party access & 

software integration, visualization of 

data sets, and language. 

(4) Provide best practices and/or 

recommendations, which may include 

examples, of evidentiary-based studies, 

analysis and data related to Minority 

Business Enterprises (MBEs) for 

publication through the Information 

Clearinghouse. 

(5) Provide feedback on overall use of 

the system including challenges in 

finding specific data and/or 

information. 

All comments must be submitted in 

written form at www.regulations.gov. To 

access the docket where comments may 

be submitted, please enter ‘‘MBDA– 

2024–0004’’ in the search bar. 

Comments must be received no later 

than 11:59 p.m., EST, Friday, February 

28, 2025. 

Dated: December 19, 2024. 

Eric Morrisette, 

Deputy Under Secretary for Minority Business 

Development, U.S. Department of Commerce. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–21–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE537] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Pollock 

Workshop 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will convene a 

workshop on walleye pollock in Alaska 

for the purposes of synthesizing ongoing 

research, building and strengthening 

collaborations, and highlighting topics 

which need more attention. The focus 

will be on biological and ecological 

scientific research. 

DATES: The workshop is open to the 

public from January 14, 2025–Jan 16, 

2025 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific 

standard time. Please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the 

daily meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a 

hybrid format with the in-person 

component in Room 2076, Building 4, 

Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 

Western Regional Center, Seattle, WA. 

The virtual component will be held on 

Google Meet at: https://

meet.google.com/wwy-yxuo-usf. 

Or dial: (US) +1 636–649–4229 PIN: 

118 376 198; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT: Cole Monnahan, 206–526– 

4224; cole.monnahan@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please visit https:// 

docs.google.com/document/d/ 

1wm5by946rWdgrcdz5JgywTvC_

KueUQVFCxU9AGUdDqE. 

Daily Meeting Agenda 

The agenda is subject to change; all 

times are in Pacific Standard Time 

(PST), and are approximate and may be 

changed at the discretion of the 

coordinators. Presentations are grouped 

by themes, and can focus on different 

large marine ecosystems (LME) in 

Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA), Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

(BSAI), the Northern Bering Sea (NBS), 

and the Eastern Bering Sea (EBS). 

DAY 1—TUESDAY JANUARY 14TH

Start 

PST 

Length 

(mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME 

9 a.m .......... 15 ..................................... Monnahan ................... Introductions.

9:15 a.m ..... 15 ..................................... Monnahan ................... Work shop goals and products: conceptual 

models of key processes.

9:30 a.m ..... 15 Early life history ........... L Rogers ..................... Changes in the timing of spawning and early 

life stage development.

BSAI/GOA. 

9:45 a.m ..... 15 Early life history ........... Page ............................ Fall Condition of Young-Of-The-Year Walleye 

Pollock in the Southeastern and Northern 

Bering Sea.

EBS/NBS. 

10 a.m ........ 15 Early life history ........... Stabeno ....................... EcoFOCI ........................................................... GOA. 

10:15 a.m ... 15 Early life history ........... Slesinger ..................... Population-specific and temperature effects on 

hatch timing and success.

GOA. 

10:30 a.m ... 15 ..................................... ..................................... Break.

10:45 a.m ... 15 Early life history ........... Laurel .......................... A history of Gulf of Alaska age-0 pollock in the 

nearshore.

GOA. 

11 a.m ........ 15 Early life history ........... Miller ............................ GOA-wide juvenile gadid survey ...................... GOA. 

11:15 a.m ... 15 Early life history ........... Champagnat ................ DSEM models to explain variation in recruitment in the GOA.GOA. 

11:30 a.m ... 30 Early life history ........... ..................................... General Discussion ........................................... All. 

12 p.m ........ 60 Early life history ........... ..................................... Breakout discussion: building conceptual models of recruitment.Split GOA/ 

BSAI. 

1 p.m .......... 60 ..................................... ..................................... Lunch break.

2 p.m .......... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Goldstein ..................... Age, growth, life history, FT–NIRS for age, 

condition, and reproduction.

BSAI/GOA. 

2:15 p.m ..... 15 Biology & feeding ecology.Lamb ........................... Results of multi-year juvenile pollock diet study 

(WGOA).

GOA. 


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